Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-10-27
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

guiding a Sand-Scow down the kaw river,
at Wyandotue the other morning, it coilided
with the pihng being driven for the Kansas
City, Wyandotte & Northwestern bridge.
Brown was thrown overheard and
drowned.
THERE We're admitted to the Odd Fell
lows Funeral i'd Association the past year
139 new members
Al the late meeting of the Grand Lodge
!. @. o. F. at Wichita, the following grand
officers were elected: W.. A. Germany,
Fort Scott, Grand Master; A Z. Riddle,
Minneapolis, Deputy Grand Master; A. L.
Worries, RUSSELL Grand Warden; s. +.
Burdette, Lseavenworth, Grand Secretary
l. E. Slime, Ottawa, Grand Treasurer; ID.
p. Long, Ellsworth, Representative TO the
Sovereign Grand Lodge The next meot-
ing will be held at Salina-
Tue Clay County Democratic Club at
tended the Cleveland festivities at Kansas
City, sixty strong. All the members wore
white plug hats and carried Kansas hickory
canes.
Moan CUNNINGHAM, sixteen years old,
was found dead ten miles north of Scott
City the other morning with his shou der
broken and chest caved in. He had been
herding cattle on the prairie, and 1t IS
thought that his horse threw and fell upon
him.
The experimental salt well at Hutchinson
had reached depth Of 500 feet on the 18th,
and the report OF the salt find had become
a certainty. In all over 250 feet of rock
salt had been penetrated in veins varying
from seventy to ninety-five feet in thick
ness An official anlysis showed the prod
uct to be over SO per cent. pure, and the
find was creating considerable local excite
Inent.
THE Supreme Court recently rendered an
opinion on a matter which affects every
county in the State, and which is of unu-
i,o+2 ~ inv Love crrv of
money. The question decided is, whether
an agreement for the sale of real estate is
taxable. The case came up on appeal from
t2e district court Of Shawnee County,
which decided affirmatively. The Supreme
Court reverSes the decision of the district
court and holds that where an agreement
is executed to sell real estate upon condi-
tions precedent, and no notes given for the
purchase money, and it is stipulated that
time is the essence of the agreement and
that neither the legal nor the equitable title
to the land is transferred thereby, the
agreement is not subject to taxation.
GOVERNOR MARTIN has appointed the fol-
lowing delegates and alternates to the Ma
tional Convention of Cattle Growers, to be
held at Kansas City October 81 and Novem-
Der 1: E. p. Kathburn, Downs; William z.
Higgin botham, Manhattan, delegates,
and w. S. White, Sabetha; Fred Beeler,
Cawl1cr City, as alternates. r
The Haskell County election resulted in
the choice of Santa Fe for permanent coun-
ty seat by 266 majority over Ivanhoc. One
thousand and thIrty-two votes were cast in
all, Santa Fe receiving $40 and Ivanhoe 3S3
IN the United States District Court at
Leavenworth on the 14th John n. Reynolds,
editor of the Atchisou Times, was found
guilty of using the mails for the purpose OF
defraudng, and asked for immediate sem
tence. He was sentenced TO eighteen
he in no Iaf.t and m a
OF S2UO. The case grew out OF the fact that
Reynolds, as president of the Atchison Live
Stock Insurance Company, had sent circu
lars through the mails which purportcd to
be signed by the cashier of the Farmers
Bank of Atchison. representing that the in
surance company had on deposit $50, Cos Ii,
and as a result succeeded in securing about
$4,000, SIS, 900 of which ne cashed.
THE fourth annual convention of the Kan
sas Equal Suffrage Association convened
at Newton on the 18th Addresses were
made by Miss Susan b Anthony. Miss
Rachel g. Foster, of Philadelphia; Mrs.
Watkins, district organizer; Mrs. Laura NJ
Johns, president of the State Association,
and Mrs. S. r. Peters. Much enthu siasm
was shown.
SEVERAL Kansans were relieved of their
surplus cash by pickpockets at the Cleve-
land festivities at Kansas City
ONE night recently as J. w. Crawford, a
attorney O1 AHlSIGys was COH-
Nersing with his family in his house, q shot
was fired through the window from the
opposite side of the street The ball en-
tered the body below the shoulder and
came out several inches beyond and was
found on the floor of the room. Detectives
were hard at work, but no clew or explana-
ton for the attack had been found. Craw-
ford's wound was not considered fatal
ONE of the features of the second days
session of the Kansas Equal Suffrage AS
ISOLATION at Newton was the reading OF a
paper by Judge Adams, of the State His
torical Society, giving an abstract of his
forthcoming book containing a detailed
.stasement of the women's vote at the
spring elections with collected comments
OF the press. The total vote Of women was
over $1,000.
THE new proprietors of the Leavenworth
Times have taken charge of that paper. 1t
will be stock company.
ON the closing day of the Baptist State
convention, recently held at Salina, the
committee on nominations reported i'll favor
OF Mr.. NJ. S. iSmalley, HiaWatha, for presi-
dent, ana j. F. Sherman, Wichita, vice
president. For members of the board of
directors: e. S. Brown, Larned, c. p. p.
Fox, Washington; Z. Anderson. Leaven-
worths j. z. Way, Howard, S Goldman,
Jewell City; L. 81. Holt, Topeka; William
Parker. Clearwater; o. W.VanOsdal. Otta-
wa: J. M. Boomer Fairview; Robert Akin
son, Ottawa; ID. ". Smith, Wichita There
were three vacancies in the board of
directors, two for one year and one for two
years Rev. C. s. Sheffield and G. w.
Brown were appointed for the FIRST and
Rev. n w Barker for the last.
BY Late wreck on the Santa Fe road
west of EmpOria, the engine, mail and bag
gage cars were thrown from the track and
Andrew Hartwick, fireman was badly in
iured By jumping from the engine. The
accident was caused by a passenger train
running into tue rear end of a construction
train that was ,eRdcavorSng TO get on tue
switch.
The State Treasurer recently received